CosplayWiki FAQ
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Welcome to Cosplay Wiki
Welcome! You are part of the community of cosplay resources.
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Creating a User Name
Log-in and create a user name -- it helps you (and everybody) keep track of your contributions, and it makes it possible to communicate with other contributors.
Neutral Point of View
Articles on CosplayWiki should be written from a neutral point of view (NPOV), representing all views fairly and without bias. Post facts, not opinions. If you write about an issue that other cosplayers may disagree about, describe the debate without taking sides. Avoid weasel words like "Many fans think x," which is usually just a way of attributing your own opinions to other people. For more discussion, see Wikipedia's article on NPOV.
This is not the place to critique costumes either. There are many other websites out there where you can post your photo to have it critiqued or critique other costumes.
Link sanity
Only link a name the first time it's used on a page. Please don't link every single capitalized word -- it makes the page confusing and messy.
The exception is on lists -- if some of the items in a list are linked, then go ahead and link all of them, even if they're repeated elsewhere in the article.
External links
You can add links to other websites by putting one bracket around the site's address, like this: [http://www.cosplay.com].
You can add a description to the link by adding a space before the description, like this: [http://www.cosplay.com One of the best cosplay sites]. That comes out like this: One of the best cosplay sites.
No shopping links
Please don't add links to eBay. There are many other websites out there that you can provide links to such as cosplay.com. We also don't want to open the possibility to people posting sponsored Amazon links or ebay links. Commissioning links are ok (as long as you are posting more than just a link to your store - add in some content as well!). Commissioning is part of cosplaying so thats a valid link. If a product is currently in print and available, you can note that in the article. If that inspires readers to buy the product, then they can find it online themselves.
History tab
Nothing is ever lost on a wiki! You can see all of the changes that have been made to a page -- and who made them -- by clicking on the "History" tab at the top of any page.
Setting your preferences
There's a lot of useful stuff on your Preferences page.
You can change your display so that links show up without the underlining. You can also change your time zone, and the number of items you see on the Recent Changes page or the Category list.
Keyboard shortcuts
There's some helpful shortcuts to navigate around within a page.
Alt-T : Talk
Alt-E : Edit
Alt-H : History
Alt-R : Recent Changes
Dealing with vandalism
Vandalism isn't much of a problem on a wiki, because everybody has the power to fix it when they see it. See the Vandalism help page for instructions on how to fix vandalized pages, and how to discourage the vandals.
Most of this text came off of MuppetWiki as it reads fairly well and they are some good people.
